Can you beat Pokemon Black without using moves?

[@calemr]

This is about as close to "Can we beat Pokémon without playing Pokémon?" as we can get.

[@brianchan8]

Gen 1 warp to the hall of fame

[@MrChip06]

@@brianchan8 BDSP warp to hall of fame too!! 😂

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

@@MrChip06 play minecraft with the pixelmon mod in it.

[@jacksonnagle8820]

@@MDLuffy1234YT the gentlemen’s approach

[@ilngsisfh]

Other challenges: No Items in Battle Davey: ONLY ITEMS IN BATTLE

[@uuncoolguy6]

Imagine you're a pokemon trainer and some guy fights you for so long throwing pokeballs at your pokemon and healing his until your pokemon literally kills itself

[@Xpwnxage]

Reasonable solution

[@jackofalltrades1145]

"I wanted to play gen 5" a man of culture I see

[@DaveyGunface]

I just think a lot of the Pokemon are neat. Especially the bug types, they got so much justice in Gen 5.

[@simonsoupshark8009]

@@DaveyGunface mood i stopped paying attention after gen 5

[@Roberto577_One]

I have never had a chance to play a Gen 5 game but I want to so bad... The only way to is to download shady roms or emulators from what I've seen.

[@DaveyGunface]

@@Roberto577_One I'll be honest, with how much old Nintendo games have been inflated by online sellers with little-to-no ways to play a lot of their older games, be a pirate. I know as a creator I should be "nooooo, company needs money :(((", but when that company is a titan like Nintendo and rereleases games old enough to vote for full price... Nah, I can't justify that shit. I'm also not going to give some scalper 300 dollars so I can play Fire Emblem. Yarr Harr Fiddle Dee Dee.

[@jackofalltrades1145]

@@Roberto577_One Prices have gone up since the pandemic, but if you're local to the US sourcing a copy on ebay is pretty easy

[@rugino3614]

Regenerator cycle is the cruellest punishment your opponents had to face.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Is this the peak of Pokemon Challenge runs? I mean, besides trying to take this into a nuzlocke or a rom hack, surely beating Pokemon by just standing there doing nothing is the hardest way to win

[@viperio4345]

you could also ban items in battle

[@robbiirvine1038]

@@viperio4345 you wouldn't be able to not use items and not use moves at the same time, because items are basically used to stall turns and there's nothing else you can do to forfeit or skip your turn. You also wouldn't be able to just- waste your PP and struggle, because using all your moves to get struggle is "using moves" and thus voiding the run.

[@Viperio_19]

@@robbiirvine1038 actually, you can still waste turns by switching. Another option, which is more debatable, is if you for example spam awakenings on a pokemon that isn’t asleep, so it fails. The item doesn’t get used up, but it’s kinda playing with definitions. It also doesn’t work in all pokemon games. Just switching is still a fair strategy though.

[@unexpected2475]

"He's just a Pringles mascot with a blue tit and a crown." Mishearing this makes this even funnier.

[@CaboozledPie]

why any individual would ever want to undertake this I will never understand what a trooper lol

[@CyanicCore]

You were right from the start - this isn't a question normally asked! I expected the Rocky Helmet and similar strategies, but you expanded it far beyond that! With the abuse of Audino's Regenerator, you practically have a new playstyle here. To top it off, learned a couple things about my favorite generation! (Reshiram is a Blue Eyes White Dragon, N's full name, Cheren and Bianca being bad (psyche))

[@xXTheKingEmothXx]

This video has one thing in common with the Unova Elite Four theme. It's an absolute banger. Keep up the great videos homie.

[@luckybuns7628]

Commenting because of the algorithm and all the insane work you showed us through the development in this through the discussion tag

[@nbkarkat]

this video's brilliant and well narrated!! this deserves more views 100%

[@simonefrangella6219]

Bruh your dedication amazes me every single time

[@HollowIsIchigo]

Did you mention how much total in-game time the entire run took? I am guessing that it is a ridiculous amount.

[@DaveyGunface]

Apparently at the Elite Four we were sitting at ~138 hours in game time. I won't lie when I say a pretty large percentage of that was BEFORE the first gym, but still a fun number.

[@sapphicseas0451]

@@DaveyGunface jesus christ thats so much effort for a video

[@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox]

@@sapphicseas0451 welcome to Davey Gunface. You must be new here.

[@xynix1549]

Davey, your commentary gets me every time lol Keep it up!

[@AdrianHereToHelp]

This is insane. I thought you were just going to do something like "can I beat pokemon with only struggle?" or some other technicality but you really did it.

[@NinjaAO42]

I guess this playthrough explains Ghetsis' eventual downfall from insanity

[@frozenfeet4534]

davey can u put skuntank in a video for 1 frame he's my favorite thanks

[@DaveyGunface]

This is an extremely specific request I feel like I have a legal obligation to fulfill. I'll hide Skuntank in the next Starcraft video (I might make a small one before that), he'll be fairly small and in an obscure corner of the video for exactly 4 frames. That, I shall do for you Jason.

[@azure3354]

@@DaveyGunface what a hero

[@ZeroNumerous]

@@DaveyGunface The hero that we deserve, but not the one we need.

[@DaveyGunface]

New video, 12:17 , shows up under the "Terrazine Fog" display for 4 frames as promised. Opacity is low, but it's still visible if you pause it on time.

[@freakwent6209]

@@DaveyGunface What a fucking madlad, i love you mr davey gunface sir

[@dilemma624]

this is absolutely insane, the algorithm better pick this up god damn

[@gnammyhamster9554]

This is just a demonstration of how absolutely broken items are

[@leaffinite2001]

But! Its a fun demonstration of how absolutely broken items are

[@ACEYGAMES]

I know the info corner wanted us to say high or litterally anything to it, lets ignore that and thank the bottom screen corner for its tireless work.

[@pikminman13]

This is it, ultra stall, you thought normal stall was bad, but this is the epitome of stall.

[@jakobr_]

22:00 “The team’s not pulling any punches here” Clever

[@spongefan155]

Who Would've Thought The Ultimate Way To Take Down The Unova Region Was Endless Sudoku Puzzles & A Tub Of Pringles?

[@vulpony2130]

Gropius is actually his last name Natural Harmonia Gropius son of Ghetsis Gropius

[@gabrielcotebrockman3220]

All i hear now is: "How long can I take to beat pokemon?"

[@a_Rand0m_Guy]

Woulda used jellicent more, since it would speed up the cursed body stalling. Cursed body also affects special moves.

[@UltaFlame]

Pringles is the mystery mouseketool

[@jaycobobob]

what a crazy challenge. love your sense of humor

[@sum1138]

me, a seasoned Pokémon veteran everytime I hear the abbreviation for Power Points: heh...

[@alexandersmerage4931]

I really like the description Bug

[@DaveyGunface]

Bug

[@amberhernandez]

Mate, imagine doing this as a speedrun!

[@fragrantwinter8233]

A never realised N had an actual name... Or how unfortunate that name was.

[@DaveyGunface]

Fucking "Gropius". His name sounds like a parody of a terrible latin song.

[@simonsoupshark8009]

yeah that... wow his parents must have hated him

[@DaveyGunface]

@@simonsoupshark8009 I think he's an orphan, so yeah, probably to be honest.

[@alexstewart9592]

@@DaveyGunface N's name was given to him by Ghetis. It should also be noted that in B2/W2 N calls Ghetis his father, but it is unclear as to if he is just an adoptive father of if he actually is his biological father and deliberately abandoned him in the forest to try to make him able to speak with Pokemon and to make him easy to manipulate for his own plan to rule Unova.

[@kyloben4848]

WHat I heard was that Ghetsis told N that he was his bio father, and that he had be looking for him, but he was just lying in order to manipulate N

[@gaboswampert]

This video has one of the best descriptions ever

[@marioruiz5758]

Wait i thought this was clickbait but he's actually beating it without moves

[@iswearimnotafurry4953]

I have so much respect for you oh my god,, i can feel your pain through the screen

[@griffindale5386]

the first true pacifist pokemon run

[@Salmonwithfeet]

that description is poetry.

[@codytyndall1077]

That is... Insanity my friend. I approve.

[@TheNoodlerNoodleASMR]

This video was super cool! your so underrated!

[@kevinriley5078]

I love Gen 5, thanks for the great content

[@Nukestarmaster]

I kind of want to know what the other trainers would have thought about you.

[@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214]

"he is just standing there, menancingly"

[@marshalledelen4687]

This is going up there with beating platinum without dealing damage and the all mighty magikarp only firered run.

[@Yoreel_gankins]

or the time that a fish beat sapphire

[@athath2010]

Or Status Move Only (no item use in battle) HeartGold (and eventually Blaze Black 2, when that series finishes).

[@owenmurphy924]

This is some smallant level stuff

[@hay403]

Mr Gropius has a pretty banging theme ngl

[@anythingallowed792]

15:40 you may have spelled victory wrong :p

[@DaveyGunface]

Y'know, it makes sense that the text I have on screen the longest is the one with a glaring typo. That's the Gunface Style.

[@baranorak4080]

8:12 would you rather go on a ferris wheel with some random sweaty hiker?

[@that_dude8411]

What a great way to never want to play gen 5 again

[@yasedb]

he sounds like that guy who makes the funniest skyrim videos on yt

[@puny3258]

15:28 Davey gunface' club house

[@athath2010]

If you had chosen Oshawott as your starter instead of Snivy, wouldn't the 1st gym leader's monkey have had Vine Whip, a physical move that can be affected by Intimidate, instead of Incinerate, a special move that can't be affected by Intimidate?

[@DaveyGunface]

True, although to be fair you have to go to the Dreamyard regardless, so it's just doing it in a bit of a different order. I actually don't even think you can get to the daycare before hitting up the Dreamyard either.

[@rubixtheslime]

15:28 missed opportunity to include Mickey Mouse Clubhouse footage idk why that's the first thing I thought of...

[@roakification]

AT first i was like, ok another pokemon challenge, i'll watch it later. And then i saw who made the video O_O

[@DaveyGunface]

I always wanted to make a Pokemon video, but unfortunately a lot of the challenges are some really boring and repetitive stuff like "Can you beat Pokemon Edition with Low Base Stat Pokemon(s)". I had to find something really "unique" for lack of a better word, and I think I found it.

[@ahbh4348]

what a silly idea do you enjoy grinding or is the challenge enough to make you do it? in any case it's amazing that you managed to make an entertaing video out of it

[@DaveyGunface]

I didn't enjoy the grinding at all, but since it was so easy to do I usually had something playing on the other screen the entire time. Other than that, I actually enjoyed my time with everything after the ~2nd gym. There were a lot of really nice checkpoints on the way that I enjoyed getting to and looking forward to.

[@lippmannz2677]

ah yes, a fellow man of culture i see

[@snyder3837]

I was sleeping when this got out nice

[@thebigdumb5859]

The jaguar has released him!

[@firewispgames7539]

I just finished and I think there’s some untapped potential- no aftermath Pokémon?! Also, did the magic guard Pokémon not take damage from anything except struggle? They seem like roadblocks I want to try this 👀

[@DaveyGunface]

The only Pokemon you can get with Aftermath is in post-game, since it's a hidden ability for Garbodor Drifblim I believe is your only option. You can also only get one Snow Warning / Sand Stream Pokemon, also in post game, Tyranitar. Really if you want a generation to utilize the most Pokemon abilities go for Gen 4 (specifically Platinum). That really has everything you could ever want and more, and it's by far the easiest out of the first 5 generations.

[@firewispgames7539]

@@DaveyGunface fascinating. I should’ve known you considered it but it wasn’t available. Either way congrats on the great run.

[@narobii9815]

I love the rich energy in his voice

[@procrastinatingpowerlifter1458]

I wanna see the Cynthia fight tho

[@meatmech.mp4]

10:50 actually im pretty sure sudoku would also get you on a watchlist in the world of 1984, love the content, but fore some stupid reason I wanted to mention this

[@hockeycrafter6086]

Too lazy to go back to the route and gets litwick but NOT too lazy to swap audinos over and over again.

[@TheFrantic5]

Traveling furret shall cheer you on.

[@slowbro15]

audino is like a slim version of chancee

[@saphironkindris]

Oh. Oh no. Why have you done this.

[@ootdega]

1:02 Hi Davey Edit Corner

[@dittodemo123]

Weird, Caitlyn sent out musharna first each time i fought her

[@Owenbot3000]

Reshiram is technically a Blue eyes white dragon

[@cakeisyummy5755]

Abilities are a Blessing.

[@lonelyPorterCH]

Yeah, nice final note, I totally agree^^

[@petercross1879]

Gen 5 is not underrated. If everyone says a game is underrated, THEN IT'S NOT UNDER-RATED!

[@ringee6929]

never played a pokemon game. didn't understand. still made my monke brain like

[@IlluminateRanch]

Hello, Davey Edit Corner

[@jamesmurphy4234]

What’s mada mada a reference to? It sounds familiar

[@DaveyGunface]

The main reference is Genji from Overwatch, he says it when he needs healing and trust me when I say Genji players will make sure you know that they need healing.

[@averyrealnamethatismyname9495]

FURRET WALK

[@meatmech.mp4]

Now THIS is content

[@8961-l5r]

This could have been easier in the games after gen 6 because you can get exp from catching pokemon

[@dream_weaver6207]

For the four people who care, here's the explanation of N's full name: Natural could stand for natural numbers or the ten billion "natural" things related to e. This relates to N, because he likes math. Harmonia is exactly what it sounds like. N's themes features a special harmony. I don't know shit about music theory, but you can look it up if you care. Also, N displays several symptoms of autism, and "harmony" is sorta related to that. Lastly, Gropius obviously refers to Walter Gropius, the founding father of the "Bauhaus" architecture and design. This style is known for it's simple shapes and pragmatic designs. Once again, this can be related to autism. Thanks for reading through this bit of trivia. It must've been hard on your attention span

[@williamcoberly3755]

Good video. I enjoyed it

[@wangamoses2199]

10:25 was that a fucking gurren laggan refrence

[@DaveyGunface]

Fight the powah

[@Ackbars]

You really are working yourself to death 😭😭 why jet badge transparent

[@revengeofthelolin]

i swear you and mitten squad are the same person

[@FALLOUTVEAGASBOY12]

fucking legend keep up the great work brotha

[@pendingchange3776]

hi edit corner davy also die i figured id do both

[@kasimonkurito]

Hello Davey Edits Corner.

[@stylesrj]

Can you beat Pokemon only using Swarm Host Host Host Hosts?

[@invisibilius1978]

this is why singles will never be a competitive foramt

[@sheen4813]

victoy road

[@DaveyGunface]

victoy road is very hurd

[@Dukstless]

*sees Lillipup* o h n o

[@Qaos]

Pringles supremacy!

[@DavionLane]

This man is insane

[@formosaetc.8024]

Hi Davey Edit Corner

[@jacobmartinez8865]

"Absurd amount of pp" Hehehe

[@umbraluna8387]

If I could give like, 1 million more subs I would, because dear jesús you deserve them for this challenge.

[@bendysbrother7447]

By the way just want to let you know you pronounced opelucid City correctly.

[@DaveyGunface]

Wow, it's a Christmas miracle. Usually I pronounce all of these names incredibly wrong

[@roboxenogaming2047]

stall at its finest

[@inefffable]

When I saw videos saying "beating pokemon with no damage!" I figured it was like this, but they ended up just not dealing _direct_ damage. So status moves like curse or poison were OK. This is what I was hoping for hahaha. Thank u

[@officersoulknight6321]

Why did you not just catch the Pokémon in the earlygame? Expensive probably but takes way less time

[@DaveyGunface]

Do you mean catching for experience? Because if so, that wasn't a feature until Generation 6

[@officersoulknight6321]

@@DaveyGunface Oh I honestly didn’t know that, huh. Also let’s take a second to appreciate the fact ya sunk so much time into this damn challenge this seems hard

[@DaveyGunface]

Gotcha, yeah Gen 6 is when experience got a slight overhaul, with catching granting experience and the oh-so infamous EXP Share. I have to say, I'm really "excited" to eventually do this with Platinum because holy god, that game has all of the abilities that I missed in this. It wasn't Gen 3 levels of streamlining the team (god that team sucked), but no weather and aftermath until post game sucks.

[@brimbrim5389]

Bug, indeed.

[@bored2470]

funny pocket man